AOAC SPDS Meeting Book March 19 2015

Accomplishments

77 The number of new fit for purpose First Action methods adopted and published in the Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL  since 2011 11 The number of First Action OMA adopted through the AOAC Research Institute since  2013 47 The number of AOAC voluntary consensus standards developed since 2010 65 The number of analytes covered by AOAC voluntary consensus standards since 2010 35 The number of analytes for which AOAC voluntary consensus standards are currently in  development 12 The number of working groups in process for drafting AOAC voluntary consensus standards 7 The number of working groups being launched in 2015 >230 The number of methods processed and reviewed by AOAC ERPs

ISO and AOAC Sign Cooperation Agreement for Joint Development and Approval of Common Standards (for milk and milk products)

Working Group (WG) Initiative • AOAC Board of Directors initiates WG  Initiative on December 9, 2014 • Individual or entity who expresses a need  for a method  • WG may be funded and formed with  assistance of AOAC  • WG will develop SMPR to present to an  existing stakeholder panels for review